Dark Web/Crypto Currency Analyst

As a Dark Web/Crypto Currency Analyst at KACE Company, you support the Analytics Group within National Headquarters, conducting open-source analysis to identify and develop intelligence on targets operating on the clear and dark webs for all Inspection Service investigations. You provide actionable intelligence through cryptocurrency tracking and analysis, dark web intelligence, social media analysis, geospatial mapping, data visualization, and USPS backend and network data exploitation.

What you'll do

• Conduct open and all-source intelligence gathering and analysis
• Use cyber intelligence tools and software to actively search and analyse the publicly available Internet and the dark net/deep web
• Search, analyse and prioritise various marketplaces and cyber-criminals to identify high-value targets, analyse and trace cryptocurrency
• Evaluate Internet information from social media, chats, forums, dark net, TOR network, news feeds, internet relay chats, cryptocurrency and blockchain data, and other openly available sources
• Perform prioritised assessment of data to identify cryptocurrency usage, locations, accounts, services, travels, email addresses, IP addresses and other pattern-of-life data to determine physical attribution of an Internet identity
• Conduct blockchain analysis, trace the flow of funds, and complete comprehensive reports and charts with your findings
• Analyse cryptocurrency exchange subpoena returns and provide comprehensive analysis on the contents in the context of inspector investigations
• Respond to Requests for Assistance/Information for USPIS investigations
• Provide subject matter expertise in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, and provide training and guidance to inspectors and other analysts
• Produce intelligence and investigative reports that document the steps taken, data sources reviewed, and conclusions drawn from evaluation of Internet information
• Conduct analyses and research and report results using tabular, pictorial or graphical techniques
• Provide summary and detailed results to various levels of the organisation in easy-to-understand formats, showing conclusions and relationships
• Work independently and as part of a team while managing multiple projects and tasks with competing priorities

What you bring

• A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in data science, intelligence, or other computer technology
• A minimum of 8 years' experience demonstrating the ability to review information, conduct analysis, conduct research, and communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Demonstrated experience in using cyber intelligence tools and software to search and mine the publicly available Internet and the dark net/deep web
• Advanced understanding of the methods used by cyber-criminals to hide themselves on the Internet, how they conduct online business, and the various marketplaces and forums they operate within
• Demonstrated experience in visual tools such as Qlik, Microstrategy, Tableau and/or i2 Analyst Notebook
• U.S. citizenship
• Ability to pass a background investigation including drug screening
• Residency in the United States for the past five years without residing outside the United States for six or more consecutive months during that period
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks with competing priorities and meet deliverables

Nice to have

• Experience supporting criminal investigations
• Top Secret Clearance

What we offer

• Position at ISA II-D level
• Occasional support outside of core working hours and intermittent weekend support may be required, depending on mission needs

About KACE Company

KACE delivers technology-enabled mission services that advance public health, public safety and national security for the government. The company combines large-scale operational capabilities with advanced technologies and data insights to meet complex government challenges.